First Grade - Unit 6 Around The World In A Glass Slipper 

SHARED READING BLOCK:  ONE-HOUR PER DAY FOR EXPLICIT  INTEGRATED CORE INSTRUCTION

(20 MINUTES OF THIS BLOCK SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE JSD PHONICS/WORD STUDY SCOPE AND SEQUENCE)

GUIDED READING BLOCK:  ONE-HOUR PER DAY FOR EXPLICIT LEVELED INSTRUCTION

WRITING BLOCK:  ONE-HOUR PER DAY FOR WRITING WITHIN THE THREE GENRES OF WRITING

(WRITING SHOULD BE TIED TO INTEGRATED CORE INSTRUCTION TAUGHT IN SHARED READING)

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For Standards and Objectives which must be taught throughout the school year, in each unit

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS

SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS

SCIENCE STANDARDS

Essential Questions

“I Can” Statements & Assessments

Instructional Activities

Lesson Resources

1. How can I use narrative texts to gather information about the world?

RL.1.1RL.1.2,RL.1.3

RL.1.4RL1.6,RL.1.9

RI.1.4RI.1.8,RI.1.9

W.1.1,W.1.3,W.1.6

W.1.8SL.1.1,SL.1.2

SL.1.4,SL.1.5,RF.1.1

RF.1.2,RF.1.3,RF.1.4

L.1.1,W.1.1,W.1.3

W.1.7,W.1.8,SL.1.1

SL.1.5,L.1.1

This means I can

compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in literature.

-ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text

-identify the author’s point of view and who is telling the story at various points in a text

-compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in multiple versions of a story from different cultures

–participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners, following the agreed upon rules for discussion, about Cinderella Around the World

-build on each others’ talk in discussions by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges

- use frequently occurring adjectives

-identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses

-compare and contrast people from around the world

-understand and write opinions

-understand and write narratives

-understand and write informative/explanatory pieces

-participate in shared research and writing projects

Suggested Cinderella Texts

Elements of a Fairy Tale

Point of View

Cinderella Story Mapping

Fairy Tales Around the World

Cinderella Play –travelling to 7 continents

Cinderella Around the World

Cinderella Around the World PowerPoints

Cinderella Around the World Activities

UEN’s  UEN’s Culture of Character (Cinderella)

Take a Trip Writing

Shared Narrative Writing

Compare and Contrast Two Versions

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Whoever You Are

Additional Activities and Suggestions

Create a Cinderella Tableau

Independent Opinion Writing

Independent Narrative Writing 

Shared Informative/Explanatory Writing

Shared Research

2. What skills are needed to read first grade texts?

RL.1.1,RL.1.6,RI.1.1

RI.1.6,RI.1.7,RI.1.8

W.1.1,W.1.3,SL.1.1

SL.1.2,SL.1.3,RF.1.1

RF.1.2,RF.1.3,RF.1.4

L.1.1, L.1.2,L.1.4

L.1.5

This means I can  

understand and use knowledge of multiple-meaning words/ phrases, sentence-level context clues, regular and irregularly spelled words, affixes, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions to clarify the meaning of unknown words

-clarify meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases

-understand and use conjunctions in writing

-use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase

-understand that affixes change the meaning of words

-use a variety of adjectives to intensify meaning in speaking and writing

Suggested Texts

Multiple Meaning Words

Augustine Reading and Writing

Little Penguin’s Tale & Opinion Writing

Suggested Online Resources

word choice focused on adjectives

descriptive writing

Delicious, Tasty, Yummy

Teaching Adjectives with Music

Utah Core Standards:  Social Studies

Enduring Understanding:  Students will use geographic tools to demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the school, the neighborhood, and the real world.

Essential Questions

“I Can” Statements & Assessments

Instructional Activities

Lesson Resources

3. What are geographic terms and tools and how are they used?

RL1.1,RL.1.9,RL.1.10

W.1.3,RF.1.1,RF.1.2

RF.1.3,RF.1.4,L.1.1

L.1.2

This means I can use a compass and compass rose to locate cardinal directions.

-read first grade level texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings

-use a compass to locate cardinal directions

-identify the compass rose and cardinal

 directions on a map and on a globe.

-read and spell regular and irregular first grade words

-distinguish “shades of meaning” of verbs in texts and songs

-recognize, understand, and use a map or a globe

Suggested Texts for Maps and Globes

Vocabulary-(compass, cardinal directions, north, south, east, west, compass rose, map, globe)

Suggested Songs

Parts of a Map

Cardinal Directions

Looking at Maps

Map Shared Reading and Writing a Bio Poem

Suggested Online Resources

4. What features appear on maps and globes?

RI.1.1,RI.1.2,RI.1.5

RI.1.6,RI.1.7,RI.1.9

RI.1.10,W.1.1,W.1.2

W.1.8,SL.1.1,SL.1.2

R,RF.1.2,RF.1.3

RF.1.4,L1.1,L1.2

This means I can

identify features on maps and globes and write an informative/explanatory text about maps.

-identify the key and legend on a map and

 understand the corresponding symbols

-identify Utah and the United States on a variety of maps and on a globe

-identify the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole

-identify the similarities and differences

between two (or more) texts about continents

-create an informative/explanatory text about maps with a topic, facts, and some sense of closure

-reading on level texts with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings

-have students participate in a discussion

 using agreed-upon rules for discussion  

 about what they are learning

Suggested Texts

Features- title, symbols, scale, orientation

Vocabulary- (key, legend, landmarks, North Pole, South Pole, equator)

Looking at Maps and Globes

Map Features and Symbols

A Map of My House

Equator, North Pole, South Pole

Lessons about Continents

Continents of the Globe lesson

Mapping the Way

Hot Air Balloon Lesson

Landmarks

Treasure Map Activity

Roxaboxen

Online Resources

Utah Core Standards: Science

Enduring Understanding:  Students will gain an understanding of Physical Science through the study of the forces of motion and the properties of materials by analyzing changes in the movement of non-living things.

Essential Questions

“I Can” Statements & Assessments

Instructional Activities

Lesson Resources

6. What are the changes in move-ment of non-living things?

RL.1.5,RL.1.10

RI.1.1,RI.1.2,RI.1.3

RI.1.5,W.1.1,W.1.2

SL.1.1,SL.1.2,SL.1.5

RF.1.1,RF.1.2,RF.1.3

RF.1.4,L.1.1,L1.2

L1.6

This means I can describe, classify and communicate observations about the motion (push and pull) of objects.

-discuss, explain, and write an informative/explanatory paragraph about the movement (push and pull) of non-living things

-participate in group discussions, follow agreed-upon rules for discussions, and building on others comments

 

-observe and explain how non-living things move

Suggested Texts

Vocabulary- straight, zigzag, circular, curved, back‐and‐forth, and fast or slow.

How can a non-living object move?

Movement Lesson

UEN lesson “Let’s Use Force”

UEN lesson “Matter…It Does!”

This is a Lesson on Force and Motion

This is a Lesson on push and pull plus other ideas

Teacher ideas on Force and Motion

A collection of activities about motion and others